Excel ↔ IFC · simplebim® module
Connect your Excel calculations to BIM
Your Excel calculations already create value. Link them directly to BIM data to produce quantity take-offs (QTO), bills of quantities (BOQ) and bills of materials (BOM) faster and more reliably.
Discover Bimsheet™
Discover the connection between Excel and the BIM model in this introduction from the vendor.
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Extract, check, enrich: your models and your calculations work together.
01 / From the IFC model to Excel
Bimsheet™ is the simplest way to extract data from IFC models into Excel. A simple drag and drop connects your calculation to the model: the spreadsheet fills in automatically with data from your model.
Once created, the same Bimsheet can be reused during model updates, and even on other projects.
02 / Your results, straight in 3D
Click a cell in your calculation to see the results in the model. The relationship between the spreadsheet and the BIM objects makes checking your calculations more direct, more efficient and more visual.
Link your quantities and results to elements in the model, without leaving your working environment.
03 / From Excel to the IFC model
Collect and enter your data in an Excel sheet, then import and merge it into your model with Bimsheet. This does not require a complex and costly model-creation tool.
View the data in simplebim® or export it to IFC for later use.
"If you can use Excel, you can use Bimsheet™."
Keep your existing Excel sheets and calculations. Quantities, spatial programme validation, progress tracking, bill of materials or scheduling: build familiar business interfaces to make the most of BIM.
Speed up your calculations, make your results more reliable and share compelling visualisations. Bimsheet connects the value of your Excel calculations with that of your model data.
Bimsheet™ runs inside simplebim®. Its processing and automation tools let you adapt IFC models to your calculations, project after project.
Quantity take-off, materials, space checking and project tracking: explore the use cases proposed by the vendor.
Get the free trial and install simplebim®.
Open an IFC model in simplebim® and your existing Excel calculation in the Bimsheet™ palette.
Extract data from the model and connect it to your calculation.
Visualise and check your calculation results in 3D.
Save to Excel for further processing, then reuse your Bimsheet.
Presentation and illustrations: simplebim® France. Videos: the vendor's simplebim channel.
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Stéphane DUSSOL
Directeur — CADatWORK Learning
